Driver distance

April 30th, 2024

Which is more important for maximising driver distance, the club or the ball?

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Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches - 2026

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Austin Smotherman	-9	-	2
2	Nico Echavarria	-8	-	2
3	Kristoffer Reitan	-6	8*	2
T4	Mark Hubbard	-5	13*	2
T4	Matti Schmid	-5	11	2
T4	William Mouw	-5	10	2
T4	Pontus Nyholm	-5	7	2
T8	Michael Brennan	-4	10*	2
T8	Rasmus Højgaard	-4	9*	2
T8	Chan Kim	-4	6	2
T8	A.J. Ewart	-4	6*	2
T8	Taylor Moore	-4	-	2
T8	Jackson Suber	-4	-	2
T14	Eric Cole	-3	13*	2
T14	Takumi Kanaya	-3	11	2
T14	Max Homa	-3	10*	2
T14	Daniel Berger	-3	10*	2
T14	Thorbjørn Olesen	-3	9	2
T14	Hank Lebioda	-3	-	2
T14	Beau Hossler	-3	-	2
T14	Joel Dahmen	-3	-	2
T14	Max McGreevy	-3	-	2
T14	Aaron Rai	-3	-	2
T14	Kevin Yu	-3	-	2
T14	Keith Mitchell	-3	-	2
T14	Chad Ramey	-3	-	2
T14	Sudarshan Yellamaraju	-3	-	2
T28	Car Young	-2	13	2
T28	Kevin Roy	-2	11*	2
T28	Brooks Koepka	-2	10*	2
T28	Ben Silverman	-2	10*	2
T28	Seamus Power	-2	8	2
T28	Dan Brown	-2	7	2
T28	Lee Hodges	-2	-	2
T28	Kevin Streelman	-2	-	2
T28	Billy Horschel	-2	-	2
T28	Steven Fisk	-2	-	2
T28	Karl Vilips	-2	-	2
T28	Adrien Saddier	-2	-	2
T28	Jimmy Stanger	-2	-	2
T28	Ricky Castillo	-2	-	2
T28	Chandler Blanchet	-2	-	2
T43	Alex Smalley	-1	13*	2
T43	Danny Walker	-1	11*	2
T43	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-1	8	2
T43	Kris Ventura	-1	7	2
T43	Jesper Svensson	-1	7*	2
T43	Camilo Villegas	-1	-	2
T43	Vince Whaley	-1	-	2
T43	Shane Lowry	-1	-	2
T43	Davis Thompson	-1	-	2
T43	Joe Highsmith	-1	-	2
T43	Chris Kirk	-1	-	2
T43	Nicolai Højgaard	-1	-	2
T43	Johnny Keefer	-1	-	2
T43	Neal Shipley	-1	-	2
T43	Zach Bauchou	-1	-	2
T58	Dylan Wu	E	11	2
T58	Emiliano Grillo	E	11*	2
T58	Ryan Gerard	E	10*	2
T58	Patton Kizzire	E	8*	2
T58	Haotong Li	E	8*	2
T58	Luke Clanton	E	7*	2
T58	John Parry	E	6	2
T58	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	E	6*	2
T58	Austin Eckroat	E	-	2
T58	Danny Willett	E	-	2
T58	Matthieu Pavon	E	-	2
T58	Adam Hadwin	E	-	2
T58	Garrick Higgo	E	-	2
T58	Stephan Jaeger	E	-	2
T58	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	E	-	2
T58	Jordan Smith	E	-	2
T74	Gary Woodland	+1	12*	2
T74	David Lipsky	+1	12*	2
T74	Adam Schenk	+1	10	2
T74	Mackenzie Hughes	+1	9	2
T74	Tom Kim	+1	9*	2
T74	Michael Thorbjornsen	+1	9*	2
T74	Gordon Sargent	+1	6	2
T74	Zecheng Dou	+1	6	2
T74	David Ford	+1	6	2
T74	Doug Ghim	+1	-	2
T74	Adam Svensson	+1	-	2
T74	Paul Waring	+1	-	2
T86	Erik van Rooyen	+2	13	2
T86	Justin Lower	+2	13	2
T86	Peter Malnati	+2	12	2
T86	Lanto Griffin	+2	12	2
T86	Matt Kuchar	+2	10	2
T86	Chandler Phillips	+2	9	2
T86	Davis Chatfield	+2	8*	2
T86	Justin Hicks	+2	5	2
T86	Matt Wallace	+2	-	2
T86	Mac Meissner	+2	-	2
T86	Webb Simpson	+2	-	2
T86	Keita Nakajima	+2	-	2
T86	Patrick Fishburn	+2	-	2
T99	John VanDerLaan	+3	7	2
T99	Kensei Hirata	+3	7*	2
T99	Harry Higgs	+3	-	2
T99	Sam Ryder	+3	-	2
T99	Davis Riley	+3	-	2
T99	Nick Dunlap	+3	-	2
T99	S.H. Kim	+3	-	2
T99	Jeffrey Kang	+3	-	2
T107	Brandt Snedeker	+4	12*	2
T107	Sami Valimaki	+4	10	2
T107	Charley Hoffman	+4	8	2
T107	Andrew Putnam	+4	8*	2
T107	K.H. Lee	+4	-	2
T107	Christo Lamprecht	+4	-	2
T107	Blades Brown	+4	-	2
T114	Brice Garnett	+5	12	2
T114	Marcelo Rozo	+5	8*	2
T114	Frankie Capan III	+5	7	2
T117	Brendon Todd	+6	-	2
T117	Rafael Campos	+6	-	2
T119	Aaron Wise	+7	10	2
T119	Cam Davis	+7	10	2
T119	Rico Hoey	+7	-	2
122	Isaiah Salinda	+9	6*	2
123	Alejandro Tosti	+11	7	2

Adelaide 2026 Leaderboard

PlayersTeams

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Anthony Kim	-23	18	4
2	Jon Rahm	-20	18	4
T3	Bryson DeChambeau	-17	18	4
T3	Tyrrell Hatton	-17	18	4
T3	Peter Uihlein	-17	18	4
T6	Lucas Herbert	-16	18	4
T6	Dean Burmester	-16	18	4
T8	Cameron Smith	-15	18	4
T8	Sebastian Muñoz	-15	18	4
T8	Branden Grace	-15	18	4
T8	Marc Leishman	-15	18	4
T12	Abraham Ancer	-14	18	4
T12	Joaquin Niemann	-14	18	4
T14	Matthew Wolff	-13	18	4
T14	Graeme McDowell	-13	18	4
T14	Brendan Steele	-13	18	4
T17	Caleb Surratt	-12	18	4
T17	Jason Kokrak	-12	18	4
T17	Dustin Johnson	-12	18	4
T17	Charl Schwartzel	-12	18	4
T17	Ben Campbell	-12	18	4
T17	Talor Gooch	-12	18	4
23	Richard Bland	-11	18	4
T24	Byeong Hun An	-10	18	4
T24	Scott Vincent	-10	18	4
T24	Yosuke Asaji	-10	18	4
T27	Ian Poulter	-9	18	4
T27	Thomas Pieters	-9	18	4
T27	Elvis Smylie	-9	18	4
T27	Victor Perez	-9	18	4
31	Thomas Detry	-8	18	4
T32	Danny Lee	-7	18	4
T32	Minkyu Kim	-7	18	4
T32	Josele Ballester	-7	18	4
T32	Michael La Sasso	-7	18	4
T32	Charles Howell III	-7	18	4
T37	Louis Oosthuizen	-6	18	4
T37	Sergio Garcia	-6	18	4
T37	Bubba Watson	-6	18	4
T37	Wade Ormsby	-6	18	4
T37	Richard T. Lee	-6	18	4
T42	Adrian Meronk	-5	18	4
T42	Carlos Ortiz	-5	18	4
T44	Younghan Song	-4	18	4
T44	Harold Varner III	-4	18	4
T44	Tom McKibbin	-4	18	4
T44	Miguel Tabuena	-4	18	4
T44	Ben Schmidt	-4	18	4
T44	Luis Masaveu	-4	18	4
50	Anirban Lahiri	-3	18	4
T51	David Puig	-2	18	4
T51	John Catlin	-2	18	4
53	Laurie Canter	E	18	4
T54	Bjorn Hellgren	+2	18	4
T54	Paul Casey	+2	18	4
56	Sam Horsfield	+3	18	4
57	Cameron Tringale	+4	18	4

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